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Manually cleaning the flooring of your business property hazards inefficiency in time, labor and even in effectiveness when it comes to the actual cleaning. If your property is large and several people are required to clean its floors, then it’s time to invest in commercial cleaning equipment and put your staff to work on more strategic business matters, such as production and revenues.

Buying an automatic floor scrubber to keep your business establishment clean is a worthy investment. Among other floor cleaning machines, a scrubber will help provide a conducive environment for your employees and customers. A dirty building may turn clients off, as well as expose your staff to health and safety risks.

Apart from the obvious sweat marks, you might think that there isn’t much in the way of bacteria and potentially harmful diseases in a sports facility, but you would be wrong. While it’s not always talked about, there are many diseases that can be picked up at the gym which come from improper cleaning routines and methods. Traditionally, a mop and bucket would have been enough to make your floors appear clean but these days, it’s common knowledge that using a mop is an ineffective method of cleaning.

Brain Corp, a software technology company specializing in the development of autonomous artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems for self-driving vehicles (SDVs), announced its partnership with Minuteman International of Pingree Grove, Illinois. Founded in 1951, Minuteman is a manufacturer of commercial and industrial maintenance products including walk-behind and ride-on auto scrubbers, critical filter vacuums, air vacuums, walk-behind sweepers, and ride-on sweepers. The partnership enables Minuteman to introduce EMMA, Brain Corp’s A.I. technology, to the various markets served by the Illinois-based company, including the manufacturing, aviation, healthcare, retail, government, and hospitality industries. Click here to read more at CleanLink!

If there is one place that needs to keep its floors clean and free from dirt and bacteria, it’s a hospital. With the constant foot traffic and potentially harmful or even deadly bacteria that can be left on hospital floors, investing in commercial floor cleaning machines has never been a higher priority for such organizations.

Large floor areas that need to be kept clean, smooth, and shiny can be difficult to handle with a simple mop and bucket. Aside from such large areas taking too long to clean, it also requires backbreaking work.

When mops were first invented in the 1920s, it was a revolution as it meant that one did not need to get down on one’s hands and knees when scrubbing floors. It took a lot of labor out of cleaning floor areas, and not owning a mop was considered unwise if one’s responsibilities involve keeping floors clean.

Hard surface floors in establishments are not that easy to clean using traditional tools such as mops. Having your staff manually do the cleaning is a waste of time and energy, decreasing productivity and exhausting your employees. That’s why it’s best to use proper cleaning equipment to finish the task faster and more efficiently.